 Welcome back to another episode of every single shot where I will be taking on the Nicholas course at Cardin Park. This is the front nine, first hole is a path four, 375 yards dog leg right to left. Throughout this video there's one question that springs to mind and that is, well, am I cheating? And we'll get the answer to that a little bit further on in the video. But for now I've just got to, it's right to left, doesn't really suit my shot shape on the first hole. I don't mind trying a little bit of a draw once I'm in a bit of a groove, but for now it's as tight as I can to that treeline down the left. And believe me that is literally dicing with that little bit, but it's a perfect start because with that line I've literally gone shortest route I can possibly take and that won't leave a great deal in. That's just 125 into a flag that's tucked to the left. Not a lot of room past the flag or to the left of it, so this one is going to be hopefully that bit of a cut and you want it to finish right to the flag and that's a safe shot. It's pin-eye, decent second shot, more than happy with the way that started. I've got to look at a birdie on the first hole which is, it's always nice. Just where they can find a pace from the get-go and I could do a bit better than that and oh Jesus there's a bit of a look of disgust there because well with a foot to go I must admit I thought that was that was holed, but anyway a nice easy four to start the day which is always nice. So second hole, playing this one a bit further back off the whites today, it's 375 yards, I've got a five wood in hand. I'm looking for, you know if I can get 220 out of this, there's two tall trees left and right of the fairway that you can see so it's fairly narrow. It's just a case of can you get one through the middle of those two and allow a little bit tight to that right hand side it just comes back a little, I think actually catch the end branches of that oak tree on the right, but because of that it's just left nothing more than just over a hundred in again wedge straight at it plenty of green at the back of it so you can afford to go for this one and I eye this one down for a while because it ever etches close to the hole and a real good look it was a great wedging to be fair really pleased with it. So these kind of the chances that you know at my level you've got to try and make because I don't make a lot of birdie putts and or get a lot of close chances and there's a big swing straight away you could see I fancied that one with a couple of foot to go that's a nice birdie to go one under really pleased right tough bar three 168 pin is on the back tier this a two tier green got to try and find that tier if you can I'm playing six iron and I just try and that forced it a little bit tried it one in a little bit controlled and well smothered it and ended up in a really steep bunker this is not an easy shot at all I don't mind playing from bunkers but this is well that's a proper decent shot to be fair and more than pleased with that and to leave sort of whatever that is six foot maybe to try and rescue par after a real poor tee shot been putting well in recent weeks this is just straight at it and yet a great up and down so one under onto the par five everything is going really well driver in and 502 yards as they always do a very short practice swing and well not much longer drive but just leak down a little it wasn't the best to drive but like with these clubs nowadays you tend to get away with a little it's done better than it probably should have a lot of bunkers up top it's about guiding now a hybrid just getting another couple of hundred yards up the fairway and avoiding those bunkers which I did and now leave a bit of an awkward one really so 100 yards in into the breeze you'll see that sort of shortened follow through I tried to hit one in low and chased it up the green which I did but it just chased on a little bit through and left a real awkward one the lie wasn't bad but we just had this as you can see it's all downhill from here I popped reasonably nice but like I said with the way the green is running away really difficult to to get the pace and left an awkward one for par which was really really close to going in and that would have been a good save but unfortunately that's a bogey on a par five which I shouldn't be doing really annoyed with that especially from sort of a hundred yards in I should be in the green there and give myself a birdie chance and walk off with bogey anyway put that one behind me 375 yards drivers back out a good solid strike again just a little bit down that left hand side I think I just find the first cut if I can remember yeah and now I start 170 in but it's a real good iron this is solid love it when you get an iron going at the flag I played seven iron I thought it was going to kick down the green again I'd give it a bit of a thumbs up really pleased with that but not as close as what it looked from where I was stood and clearly perhaps at a club short so again it's a birdie chance still and a nice pace running at the hole just sneak the way down the right hand side but an easy four and that level par are more than happy at this point things are going good great hole I mean I just love this hole it's got to be from where I'm playing today I'm playing hybrid staying well clear of the water and again a little bit of that draw shape now getting to loosen up a bit really pleased with the way that's come to rest and this is an interesting one I've got a wedge right at the flag means taking on the bunker I was actually aiming a little bit left more left than that to be honest with you that goes right at the flag and looks really good but you see where I repaired the pitch mark is right on the up slope and it spun back down one hop forward or a yard further forward and I've got a real decent birdie chance but as it is it's come back down the tier and a bit of an awkward one because half the putt is up the hill and that other half is sort of flattens out at the top so these are difficult puts just to get the pace right and again right I'm really pleased with that it's not a realistic birdie chance for me that it's a case of just getting the pace and getting your two putt which you've got to gain and yet again remain at level par so it's a real tough hole this one hole seven it's 419 yards but the line you've got to stay tight down that path if you want to go to the shortest route and I just got a little bit greedy here now it's really dicing with it because apart from a path of some water runs just left of the path and as you can see unfortunately there's my ball come to rest and I couldn't even get down to get that one I had to leave it there as well yeah that's the one that's all response striped anyway take a drop because I went on the shortest route you've only got a 9-9 into the hole it could have been wedge actually it was only around 120 in and I got this going right at the flag and striking the iron so well at the moment again just not the yardage just a club short realistically so again it's about getting the pace right this one's uphill and as you can see yeah I didn't manage to get that pace right but it was a decent line and I know the line so I tend to just walk up to these and just commit if I think that I've just hit it on the right line and continue with it if I dwell on it I just feel like you're just second guessing and yeah anyway we're on to hole eight just a par three 129 real awkward pin it's right in front of that oak tree there's no green to the left hand side so you need to be landing aiming just right to the flag and as you can see I did the complete opposite and I pulled it down the left hand side and that was a pretty awful shot from just 129 yards away so again we've all had these shots a bit awkward sitting a little bit down I just wanted to get it up and running as soon as I could and just carry that little bit too far hit the firmer stuff and well it carried through and now again I've got to try and make well to put to save par which straight away as you can see when it left the club that was never going to make par and unfortunately that's back to back bogies so with one to play on this front nine we take on the par five ninth hole and hopefully a chance to get back maybe get a birdie to finish the front nine want to try this left to right as the shape of the hole but that's way too tight down that right hand side and that's going to leave me in the rough it's nestled down a little bit and to get back in this one it needs a real good hybrid because about 180 yards down there's some water that crosses through the fairway but I got that absolutely solid and got into a real good position to where should leave a short wedge into the green which it did it left about I think it was 68 yards I've got a 58 wedge and it's a case of just going straight at it I flicked it up really nice clean contact and had this ball coming right down on the flag and yes I had that birdie opportunity to get back down to to just one over par this was a nice finish to the to the front line but unfortunately again just a weak port it was never on the right line but it was always weak as well but I finished two over and the question is am I cheating that's what I titled the video because right now what's been happening of late I've posted quite a number of videos with me playing nine holes 18 holes and don't forget nine handicap golfer that was two over par and I'm just question whether or not I'm putting enough cards such as these into the WHO system and getting an accurate handicap so my comments down to you below are I'm not official member of a club right now but should I be posting these kind of scores are you able to just post nine hole scores because I'm pretty sure they'd be affecting my handicap in a positive way and I just feel like I'm cheating the system at the moment and perhaps I don't fully understand it either so if you can help me out in the comments below I'd appreciate it and let me know how I should be posting these scores to keep maybe a more accurate record of my handicap hey thanks for watching the front nine I'll post the back nine next week and I look forward to seeing you then thanks for watching bye now